The 2021 Yokohama mayoral election was held on 22 August 2021 to elect the next mayor of Yokohama. The central issue in the election was the building of an "integrated resort" IR featuring a casino.
Incumbent mayor Fumiko Hayashi lost reelection, placing third to the LDP supported Hachiro Okonogi and the eventual winner, CDP and JCP supported Takeharu Yamanaka.
Candidates A total of 8 candidates registered candidacies for the election.
NameAgeTitleOfficial website Masataka Ota（太田正孝） 75Former Yokohama City Council memberMasataka Ota (Japanese) Yasuo Tanaka（田中康夫） 65 Former Governor of Nagano PrefectureYasuo Tanaka (Japanese) Hachiro Okonogi（小此木八郎） 56Former Chairperson of the National Public Safety CommissionHachiro Okonogi officialsite (Japanese) Yoshikazu Tsubokura（坪倉良和） 70Fisheries wholesaler presidentYoshikazu Tsubokura (A revolutionary grandfather who changes Japan from Yokohama!) (Japanese) Mineyuki Fukuda（福田峰之） 57Former Member of the House of RepresentativesMineyuki Fukuda (Japanese) Takeharu Yamanaka（山中竹春） 48Professor of public health at Yokohama City UniversityTakeharu Yamanaka OFFICIAL WEB SITE (Japanese) Fumiko Hayashi（林文子） 75 Mayor of Yokohama（Current）Fumiko Hayashi officialsite (Japanese) Shigefumi Matsuzawa（松沢成文） 63 Former Governor of Kanagawa PrefectureShigefumi Matsuzawa (Japanese)
Results
References
External links Information: Elections - City of Yokohama (Japanese)